Chapter 190 Delivering Intelligence Late at Night, I Was Surrounded by Senior Students from the Inner Courtyard
Wang Dong'er reacted the fastest, suddenly pulling over a thin blanket to wrap herself and Xiao Xiao up like dumplings, leaving only her big, angry eyes peeking out as she stared at Dai Huabin.
"You've come!"
It was Di Lingxi who broke the deadlock.
Di Lingxi had absolutely no concept of "men and women should not touch each other" like humans. When she saw Dai Huabin come in, her eyes lit up, and she stepped barefoot onto the wool carpet and rushed over like a gust of wind.
Before Dai Huabin could react, her arms tightly embraced him.
Di Lingxi pressed herself against him, and her already short white suspender dress slid up, with most of her fair thigh rubbing against Dai Huabin's trouser leg.
"You smell so good." Di Lingxi sniffed, looked up at him, her golden eyes full of affection.
Dai Huabin felt an astonishing sensation on his arm. He instinctively tried to pull his hand away, but found that Lingxi was incredibly strong and he couldn't budge it at all.
"Cough…" Dai Huabin coughed dryly, struggling to look away from Di Lingxi's collar, and forcibly fixed his gaze on the seam of the canvas at the top of the tent.
"Hey, is our Captain Dai doing a midnight room check?"
Ma Xiaotao reacted first. Instead of trying to hide herself, she adopted an even more alluring pose, resting one hand on the blanket, causing a large section of the neckline of her fiery red halter dress to droop down.
"Have you seen enough? Do you want me to stand up and spin you around?"
Wu Ming, also someone who thrived on chaos, joined in the commotion:
"That's right, junior brother Huabin, you've really seen through the strengths of both our inner and outer academies. If you don't take responsibility, I'll burn your tent down with the Golden Crow True Fire tomorrow."
Cui Yajie covered her mouth and chuckled, her fingers casually twirling her long pink hair as she gave him a flirtatious wink.
"If the captain wants to see it, just say so. Why make excuses?"
Ling Luochen remained seated, quietly watching Dai Huabin, a hint of a smile flashing in her clear, cold eyes.
Zhu Lu was the calmest one.
Instead of panicking, she watched Dai Huabin's forced composure with great interest.
As his fiancée, she was the official wife!
"Alright, stop fooling around."
Zhang Lexuan finally spoke.
A rare blush appeared on her cheeks. She was the one who had called out "Come in," so the responsibility lay entirely with her.
Zhang Lexuan quickly grabbed a plain-colored long coat from the side and draped it over her shoulders, covering her exposed chest and shoulders.
She stood up from the cushion, adopting the imposing manner of the senior disciple of the inner courtyard, and glanced at Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming.
The two immediately stopped laughing and sat up straight.
Zhang Lexuan walked up to Dai Huabin and saw that Di Lingxi was holding his arm tightly. She found it funny, but she still maintained a serious expression.
"Huabin, pull Lingxi away first," Zhang Lexuan said gently.
Dai Huabin felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He quickly reached out and pressed down on Di Lingxi's shoulder, using a little force to push her away half a step.
"Lingxi, let go first. I have important business with Senior Sister."
Di Lingxi reluctantly pouted, but still obediently let go of his hand, though she continued to stand very close to him.
Dai Huabin took a deep breath, suppressing the restless blood in his body, and looked straight at Zhang Lexuan, handing her the thick brown paper bag in his hand.
"Senior Sister, this is information that Duke White Tiger just sent over."
Dai Huabin's tone returned to its usual calm.
"It's the latest news about the evil spirit masters in the Mingdou Mountain Range."
Upon hearing the words "evil spirit master," the enchanting atmosphere inside the tent instantly dissipated by more than half.
Ma Xiaotao, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo's expressions immediately turned serious.
As inner-court disciples, they knew all too well what evil spirit masters represented.
Zhang Lexuan took the thick kraft paper bag and tore open the seal.
After a short while, Zhang Lexuan turned two pages, and her brows gradually furrowed.
That's it?
Dai Huabin knew in his heart that if the intelligence from the Star Luo military was reliable, the Shrek Reserve Team wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties in the original story.
"Senior Sister, what did the intelligence report say?" Seeing that Zhang Lexuan's expression was off, Ma Xiaotao stopped teasing her and pulled a thin blanket over her legs.
Zhang Lexuan handed the letter to Ma Xiaotao.
"See for yourselves. Apart from knowing that this group of bandits is entrenched in a deep cave in the center of the Mingdou Mountain Range, and that there are about thirty Soul Masters, everything else is blank."
Wu Ming leaned over and glanced at it, then immediately curled her lip in disapproval:
"This is what you call intelligence? What's the leader's name? What's his cultivation level? What's his martial spirit? He knows nothing. Are the Star Luo Empire's scouts just sitting around doing nothing?"
Dai Huabin silently gave Wu Ming a thumbs-up in his heart.
Isn't that just a freeloader? They couldn't even find out that the other person was a cultist who used corpse explosions.
"This group calls themselves the Hand of Death, and they are extremely cruel, never leaving anyone alive."
Zhang Lexuan pulled her plain-colored coat tighter around herself, but it still couldn't cover the large expanse of white skin on her chest.
"Without any survivors, it's naturally very difficult to discover their specific soul skills and abilities. All the reconnaissance teams sent to the front lines have been wiped out inside."
Han Ruoruo seemed lost in thought.
"The terrain of the Mingdou Mountains is complex, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since the other side was able to wipe out the regular army's scouts, it means that there are definitely troublesome people inside, or even high-level evil soul masters."
Seeing that the important business was over, Dai Huabin realized that the temperature inside the tent hadn't dropped at all. The scent of more than a dozen girls mixed with their fragrances wafted into his nose.
"Senior Sister, the information has been delivered, so I'll head back now," Dai Huabin quickly said, already taking a step back.
"What's the rush?"
Ma Xiaotao rested her chin on her hand, and the neckline of her fiery red halter dress slipped down a little further.
"You weren't even blinking when you were looking at it, but now you're acting all high and mighty? Do you want me to save you a spot so you can sleep here tonight?"
"Sister Tao, please stop teasing him."
Cui Yajie giggled beside her, her long pink hair swaying with the movement of her shoulders.
"Didn't you see that our captain's face is red all the way to the roots of his neck?"
Wang Dong'er hid under the thin blanket, only her eyes showing, glaring fiercely at him:
"Exactly! Breaking into a girl's tent in the middle of the night, get out of here! You pervert!"
Xiao Xiao pinched Wang Dong'er under the blanket and muttered, "Weren't you just complaining that he ran fast?"
"Shut up!" Wang Dong'er's face flushed red.
Dai Huabin took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging blood and qi within him. If he continued to speak, these women, who seemed to thrive on chaos, might utter some more outrageous and inappropriate words.
"Senior Sister, I really have to go. I have to get up early tomorrow." Dai Huabin slipped away, ready to make his escape.
"I'll go with you!" Upon hearing that he was leaving, Di Lingxi broke free from Zhu Lu's hand and tried to follow him barefoot.
"Come back here!" Zhu Lu grabbed her by the back of her collar. "What are you doing in the boys' tent in the middle of the night? Sleep here."
Di Lingxi pouted, looking aggrieved. "But he smells nice."
A burst of laughter suddenly erupted inside the tent.
Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but smile, but quickly regained her composure.
She walked to the tent curtain, looked at Dai Huabin, and her tone became very serious:
"Huabin, we must not be careless when we go into the mountains tomorrow. The methods of evil spirit masters are unpredictable and impossible to guard against. As the captain of the reserve team, you must not only protect yourself, but also keep an eye on them."
"I see."
Dai Huabin nodded seriously.
He knew better than anyone the dangers of tomorrow.
"Go on, get some rest." Zhang Lexuan helped him lift the curtain.
Dai Huabin stepped out of the tent, and the early winter night wind blew in
his face, finally dispelling many of the white images in his mind.
He let out a long breath and quickly walked back to the boys' tent.
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